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plurality systemElectoral process in which the candidate who polls more votes than any other candidate is elected. It is distinguished from the majority system, in which, to win, a candidate must receive more votes than all other candidates combined. It is the most common method of selecting candidates for public office. Its chief advantage is that it avoids the need for runoffs to produce a winner. Its chief disadvantage is that it may result in a winner who has received a minority of the votes cast. It operates best in a two-party system, where the small vote for any third party will rarely result in an outcome seriously at odds with the voters' will. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Unlike these procedures, the plurality system looks only at a voter's top choice. For this reason, our current plurality system tends to suppress third party candidacies and the voter participation they could generate. With no apparent sense of irony Kohno then offers this afterthought: "Yoshida refrained from introducing a single plurality system not only to avoid an anticipated veto by the GHQ but also to maintain the existing coalition with the Progressive Party" (p. |
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